Power plant · Kalkar, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Appeldorn
Appeldorn is a power plant in Kalkar, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with 11.4 MW of capacity, operated by Pfeifer & Langen GmbH & Co. KG.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Kalkar | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Reeser Straße 280 - 300, 47546 Kalkar | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 1977 | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Pfeifer & Langen GmbH & Co. KG | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 11.4 MW | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 2 units | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Natural gas | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | Westnetz GmbH | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.7297, 6.3585 | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the operator.
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Appeldorn is the 427th-largest of 490 power plants in North Rhine-Westphalia and the 3,555th-largest of 4,012 in Germany by capacity; its 11.4 MW is <0.1% of the 193,669 MW we hold for Germany. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Rhine-Westphalia | 427th of 490 | 38,595 MW | <0.1% |
| Germany | 3,555th of 4,012 | 193,669 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 6,584th of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 636 permit notices, 195 substations, 49 CO2 emitters (20 operating), 3 data centers and 1 processing plant, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Station Monreberg | Substation | — | — | 4.0 km |
| Station Rees | Substation | — | — | 5.9 km |
| Station Mehr | Substation | — | — | 7.2 km |
| Nitrogen natuurvergunning decision, Oude IJsselstreek (prb-2026-17598) | Permit notice | — | — | 14 km |
| Nitrogen natuurvergunning draft decision, Oude IJsselstreek (prb-2026-14557) | Permit notice | — | — | 14 km |
| Nitrogen natuurvergunning decision, Oude IJsselstreek (prb-2026-13902) | Permit notice | — | — | 16 km |
| KWK-Kraftwerk Rheinberg | CO2 emitter | 255,045 tCO2e | — | 24 km |
| Soda | CO2 emitter | 315,117 tCO2e | — | 24 km |
| Green gas Well L (Ecofuels) | CO2 emitter | — | Operating | 24 km |
Operator, grid operator and place
More from Pfeifer & Langen GmbH & Co. KG
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Other power plants in North Rhine-Westphalia
- Niederaußem2,220 MW
- Neurath2,120 MW
- Weisweiler1,319 MW
- Gersteinwerk1,065 MW
- Datteln 41,052 MW
- Trianel Gaskraftwerk Hamm890 MW
- Knapsack I880 MW
- Heyden 4875 MW
Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- European Commission, Union Registry. EU Union Registry public data, CC BY 4.0.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
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